Medicine: Poison Paintbrush

That the world may see streaks of light through the long hours of
darkness, Orange, N. J., women hired themselves to the U. S. Radium
Corporation. Daily they took up watch dials and painted the blind
numerals with a magic dye which made them glow at night. The company
paid a high price for the paint. When a few drops were left in the
glass after the brushes were twirled and pointed, supervisors
complained. The girls were taught to point and clean the brushes with
their lips. Thirteen died. Last week the U. S....